Secure your hook in the vice hook point riding up. Start your thread under the hookpoint and move to the bend.

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Pick out some Olive/Brown marabou fibers and secure them at the bend to represent mouthparts.

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Tie in 2 Pumpkin colored Sili Legs as Antennae. About body length.

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Tie in one of the CrawBodies by the tip and secure well.

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Create a pair of eyes from some red nylon, melted on the end and a small 10/0 red bead slid on and superglued in place.

I get my red and black nylon material I use for eyes from a Libman Broom.

Tie the eyes in on the sides of the hook as shown.

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Coat the eyes with some superglue and let it dry for a second before proceeding to the next step with the dubbing.

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Dub over your eyes and make the start of the underbody of the fly using Candian Olive Simi Seal.

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Tie in an Olive hen hackle by the tip and dub further down to the end of the eye stalks with the Canadian Olive Simi Seal.

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Wrap the hackle foward to the end of the dubbing to create legs.

Trim the hackle extending up into the hook gap so it does not interfere with the Craw Body when its folded over.

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Wrap some .030 lead wire at the front of the hook, about 10 wraps.

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Secure some Med UTC Black Ultra Wire at the end of the Eye Stalks and pull it to the back for now. We'll be using this later to rib the Craw Body.

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Finish dubbing over the lead with your Canadian Olive Simi Seal.

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Put a nice drop of glue on top of the dubbing at the head. Fold the Craw Body over and press down so it sticks where you just glued.

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Take your Black Wire and Rib over the Craw Body in the provided cut outs in the Boxy. Secure the wire at the eye, whip finish and trim your thread.

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Take your UV Resin, I used Solarez F-L-E-X, and coat the top of the Craw Body, leaving the Elbows clean without resin. By leaving the elbows uncoated the claws are able to move freely when stripped.

The Solarez F-L-E-X is pretty thick, so its a breeze to work with on this fly. It doesn't soak in as fast as some of the other thinner resins, so a single thicker coat is all you need instead of 2 coats with another thinner resin. For thinner resin, just spread around a thin coat, and let it soak in a bit to change the color of the body and hit it with your light. then add a nice top coat to give it a shine and some depth.